* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker... more...

For readers of Bella Andre, New York Times bestselling author Claudia Connor follows up her heartfelt debut, Worth the Fall, with a novel about Matt?s brother, Stephen. When a McKinney brother falls in love, powerful emotion and overwhelming desire are never far behind. Two hearts locked away . . . Hannah Walker spends her days coaching... more...

"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic
operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold.... a very beautifully
written book." -- Walter Brogan "... a work that opens new and
timely vistas within the Republic.... Her approach... is thorough and rigorous." --
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When Massachusetts passed America's first comprehensive adoption law in
1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need
for cheap labor. But by 1929 -- the first year that every state had an adoption law
-- the adoptee's main function was seen as emotional. Little... more...

Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop?as the highest Church official in his city?from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned, innovative, and groundbreaking work traces... more...

Translating inspiration to the printed page has always been a challenge. The advent of desktop publishing granted new levels of power and control to the layout artist and graphic designer, but it hasn?t eliminated the traditional pitfalls. In fact, it?s introduced a few new ones. Sometimes managing the disparate elements of fonts, images, colors,... more...

Why did African-American women novelists use idealized stories of bourgeois courtship and marriage to mount arguments on social reform during the last decade of the nineteenth century, during a time when resurgent racism conditioned the lives of all black Americans? Such stories now seem like apolitical fantasies to contemporary readers. This is the... more...